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The longtime member of Obama’s inner circle called the remarks, and others this month from Republican members of Congress, a symptom of a bigger problem in American politics.

“What we’ve seen is a serial attempt to disqualify — by both sides, by the way, but I think more so by the Republicans — to disqualify whoever’s the president of the United States, not just debate them, not just disagree with them, but render them illegitimate — and that is dangerous for this country,” Axelrod said.